LITTLE ROCK – Opening day at the 2014 Arkansas Flower and Garden show featured a bevy
of honors include Greening of Arkansas grants, show garden awards and a special award
to Carol Mendel of Little Rock as the Volunteer of the Year.

“She’s always ready to help when needed and we truly appreciate all that she does
for the show,” said Krista Quinn, executive director of the Arkansas Flower and Garden
Show. “The board felt strongly that she deserved this recognition thanks to her service
on the board of directors and her active role in several show committees.”

Greening of Arkansas grants

Mendel, who is a member of the Greening of Arkansas committee, presented this year’s
grants, which went to 12 projects. The Greening of Arkansas grants go to fund civic
beautification projects statewide. They are:

1.The City of Bryant for the Ken Palmquist Memorial Garden at the Bishop Park Community
Center in Bryant.

“This is a great group of projects and we are happy to help these organizations beautify
their communities,” said Mendel.

Display garden awards

Also honored were the display gardens that are a tradition at the Arkansas Flower
and Garden Show. The gardens were judged Friday morning by an independent and anonymous
group of judges.

This year we have large gardens created by Arkansas Bamboo Connection, Grand Designs,
The Horticare Company, Ozark Folk Center State Park, and Roseberry Landscape Services.

“All of these companies have done a tremendous job designing and constructing these
gardens to interpret our show theme, Gardening- That’s Entertainment!, and we greatly
appreciate their hard work and creativity,” said Quinn. “It’s safe to say the judges
had a hard time choosing.

The award for

Best Use of Plants goes to Roseberry Landscape.

Best Hardscape goes to Antique Brick/Better Lawns & Gardens.

Best Water Feature goes to Horticare.

Best Interpretation of the Theme goes to Antique Brick/Better Lawns & Gardens.

Best Presentation of Color goes to Horticare.

And Best in Show goes to Horticare.

Presentation of the American Horticultural Society Environmental Award went to Horticare.

Also recognized at the show were Bemis Tree Farm for having a display at 20 consecutive
shows. Grand Designs and Ozark Folk Center were recognized for being at the show for
15 consecutive years and to Joe Kelley, from Joe’s Woodshop, for being part of the
show for 17 years.

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By The Cooperative Extension ServiceU of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture